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Autofill, also known as autocomplete, is when a piece of software predicts what you are going to type and automatically inserts the information for you. Traditionally, autofill has only been available on browsers like Google Chrome to help you fill in personal information on simple web forms, or to autosuggest your username and password on a website you previously visited. With recent advances in software, however, autofill has become more broadly useful for a wide variety of applications. 

Autofill now goes beyond simple form fields, such as your name, date of birth, gender, address, and credit card information. With an autofill app such as Magical, you can now also autofill entire email messages, internal spreadsheets, and databases such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Applicant Tracking System (ATS) platforms. Instead of having to mindlessly copy and paste information from one tab to another, you can now autofill this type of information in a matter of seconds instead of hours. 

Put simply, autofill helps you save time by auto-populating form fields, messages, and spreadsheets with the text or information you currently have open in another tab, or have previously saved. Think about the last time you were typing on your phone and clicked on one of the suggested words above the keyboard in order to finish the message faster. That’s autofill on a small scale—now imagine what this power could do if it existed everywhere online.

Nobody likes to fill out forms. (Except for maybe the odd bureaucrat or employee at the DMV.) According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, U.S. Americans spend over 10 billion hours a year filling out government paperwork. And the experience isn’t any better online—almost every website in the world will ask you to fill out a form at some point or another. 

Form data is all the information that is being collected on an online form. The most common asks tend to be the following: first name, last name, username, email address, password, shipping address, state/province, country, phone number, company size, job title, credit card number, and billing address. The good news is that most web browsers can autofill this information for you easily. All you have to do is place your cursor on the first form field, and you’ll see your saved information pop up. 

But that’s not the only type of form data you can autofill. If you’re in a customer support, sales, or human resources role you may find yourself filling out plenty of other forms as well. Take, for example, a salesperson. They might be required to fill out forms all day within their customer relationship management (CRM) software. Every time they have a conversation with a new lead, they’re asked to track it by inputting the information into a form on a platform like Salesforce. 

With an app like Magical, you can autofill form data of any type—whether it’s your own personal information, or the information of someone else (like a lead, client, or job applicant). This can transform the way you work so you spend less time filling out information, and more time focusing on the other important parts of your job.

Whether you’re looking for an autofill app for personal use or to become more productive in a professional setting, Magical has you covered. You can download the free Google Chrome extension and start autofilling messages, forms, and data in a matter of seconds. (Oh, and it’s available 100% for free on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS.)  

There are a variety of different ways you can use autofill within Magical. For messages, you can save commonly used phrases or templates as shortcuts within your workspace and give them each a unique name. (For example, “outreach-1.”) Then, all you need to do is type out that name anywhere online and Magical will autofill your message for you. 

For spreadsheets and forms, you can use the transfer feature to teleport data from any one website to another. For example, let’s say you want to add a customer from LinkedIn into your customer relationship management (CRM) platform. All you would need to do is have both tabs open and—presto! Magical will pull bits of information from the LinkedIn page (such as name, company, or education) and autofill it into your CRM. You can use this same process to autofill any spreadsheet or online database. With autofill, it’s all about working smarter … not harder.